http://www.notthatkindofgirl.net/2009/09/03/the-kind-of-girl-who-gets-affectionate-and-fast/ So what am I doing today that I've never done before? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.notthatkindofgirl.net/2009/09/03/the-kind-of-girl-who-gets-affectionate-and-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-8328 NoviceWorldTraveler Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:13:30 +0000 http://notthatkindofgirlblog.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-8328 I am an avid hugger, prone to walking down the hall at work and telling close colleagues that I need a hug when I've had a bad day. But I admit, I only like real hugs, authentic hugs, not the "oh-I'm-uncomfortable-but-okay-I'll-do-it" pat-pat-pat type hugs. One of my best friends gives EXCELLENT hugs accompanied by a little happy grunt. *Shrug* It just feels good. I am an avid hugger, prone to walking down the hall at work and telling close colleagues that I need a hug when I’ve had a bad day. But I admit, I only like real hugs, authentic hugs, not the “oh-I’m-uncomfortable-but-okay-I’ll-do-it” pat-pat-pat type hugs. One of my best friends gives EXCELLENT hugs accompanied by a little happy grunt.
*Shrug* It just feels good.

]]> http://www.notthatkindofgirl.net/2009/09/03/the-kind-of-girl-who-gets-affectionate-and-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-4585 wait, i really AM that kind of girl?! Sat, 01 May 2010 22:42:46 +0000 http://notthatkindofgirlblog.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-4585 [...] NTKOG #11: Givin’ a stranger a big ol’ hug. Color me a thousand shades of shocked but I have somehow become (gulp) a hugger! I blame all you lovely readers for making me all gooey about humans in general. That said, my fave end-of-night move is still the exploding fistbump. Kapow! [...] [...] NTKOG #11: Givin’ a stranger a big ol’ hug. Color me a thousand shades of shocked but I have somehow become (gulp) a hugger! I blame all you lovely readers for making me all gooey about humans in general. That said, my fave end-of-night move is still the exploding fistbump. Kapow! [...]

]]> http://www.notthatkindofgirl.net/2009/09/03/the-kind-of-girl-who-gets-affectionate-and-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-89 That Kind of Girl Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:59:19 +0000 http://notthatkindofgirlblog.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-89 Your seemingly reasonable answer is nullified by your lack of Tevas. Good day, madam. Your seemingly reasonable answer is nullified by your lack of Tevas. Good day, madam.

]]> http://www.notthatkindofgirl.net/2009/09/03/the-kind-of-girl-who-gets-affectionate-and-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Spin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:38:50 +0000 http://notthatkindofgirlblog.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-88 I organized a Free Hugs thing in Berlin on international free hugs day. It sounds cheesy as hell, but it actually felt really nice (oxytocin rush, what what), and at least some strangers got something out of it besides a salacious thrill (one guy started crying, confessed he was newly separated and just really needed a hug). Plus, somebody actually picked me up and whirled me in the air which was the first time that had ever happened to me and felt very cinematic. So in answer to your question: oxytocin and the heady opiate of the kind of "philanthropy" that requires neither money nor effort. I organized a Free Hugs thing in Berlin on international free hugs day. It sounds cheesy as hell, but it actually felt really nice (oxytocin rush, what what), and at least some strangers got something out of it besides a salacious thrill (one guy started crying, confessed he was newly separated and just really needed a hug). Plus, somebody actually picked me up and whirled me in the air which was the first time that had ever happened to me and felt very cinematic. So in answer to your question: oxytocin and the heady opiate of the kind of “philanthropy” that requires neither money nor effort.

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